by jakeloeffenames | 12 June 2017 | News
Armed conflict in Syria has displaced millions of people inside and outside of the country. When a political settlement to the conflict is eventually reached, the process of refugees returning to Syria and rebuilding their lives, relationships, and communities will be...
by jakeloeffenames | 27 April 2017 | News
This is happening in man-made crises and under the Security Council’s watch. In some places, the denial of food and other aid is a weapon of war as much as its consequence. Combatants’ fighting tactics often make the problem worse. These first two reports on Yemen and...
by jakeloeffenames | 19 April 2017 | News
Sudan, Yemen, Burma, Nigeria, and Afghanistan are the five governments most likely to commit mass killing against their own people, according to a new assessment from the Early Warning Project. For the third year in a row, Sudan and Burma rank among the countries most...
by jakeloeffenames | 14 April 2017 | News
Shortly thereafter, images of victims showing symptoms associated with exposure to nerve gas, namely suffocation, foaming at the mouth, convulsions, constricted pupils, and involuntary defecation, as reported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), led UN High...
by jakeloeffenames | 22 March 2017 | News
When it comes to prosecuting Islamic State fighters and terrorists for crimes and atrocities committed in Iraq, the Iraqi government has “exclusive law enforcement authority” on Iraqi territory, said a Canadian government source. However, “other...
